Project Manager Jobs in Kent

Project Manager
South East > Kent

The median Project Manager salary in Kent is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 27 82
Rank change year-on-year -32 +55 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 12 97 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.49% 6.32% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 6.75% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5 68 15
10th Percentile £37,900 - £37,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -25.99% +10.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £60,899
90th Percentile £78,000 £63,750 £64,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -11.02% +6.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title 550 1,437 924
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 68.49% 93.62% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 320 1,060 511
10th Percentile £25,975 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Kent

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Kent.

Salary trend for Project Manager in Kent

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Kent over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Kent

Project Manager
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Rochester - 3 £62,000 - 2
Tunbridge Wells +9 1 £40,000 +14.29%
Maidstone -3 1 £41,000 -18.00% 2
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Kent region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (33.33%) CRM
4 4 (33.33%) Change Management
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 3 (25.00%) Software Delivery
5 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
5 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
5 3 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (25.00%) Electronics
5 3 (25.00%) ERP
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (25.00%) Project Planning
5 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Business Case
5 3 (25.00%) Smartsheet
5 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (25.00%) Cost Control
6 2 (16.67%) Energy Management

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (25.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (8.33%) Asana
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (25.00%) Electronics
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Automotive
3 1 (8.33%) Avionics
3 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (8.33%) Cyberattack
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 6 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) CRM
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) Business Case
4 3 (25.00%) Cost Control
4 3 (25.00%) ERP
4 3 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Energy Management
6 1 (8.33%) Change Control
6 1 (8.33%) Line Management
6 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 1 (8.33%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) APMP
2 1 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) PMBOK
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce